Theater of State
Northwestern University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8101-4112-4 (ISBN)
Theater of State is an innovative study of performance in international relations. It asks why states and their representatives come to the United Nations to perform for a global Audience, and how those Audiences in turn may intervene in the spectacle of global politics.
A study of the lived experience of spectacular politics on the world stage, Theater of State looks at key spaces in which global politics play out in debating forums of the UN, the International Criminal Court in The Hague, and peacekeeping operations in Africa and the Middle East, as well as at a variety of related media Productions (plays, concerts, television programs, and so on). It argues for recognizing that culture and politics form a unified field organized by the theatricality of its actors and the engaged spectatorship of its Audiences. It provides a theory of global political spectatorship: of how the world watches itself in institutions and beyond, and of what citizens and diplomats do by watching.
The author draws on theories of theater, performance, and politics to offer new ways of approaching issues of war, cosmopolitanism, international justice, governance, and activism. Situated at the nexus of two disciplines, performance studies and political science, this volume encourages conversations between the two that each might offer lessons to the other.
James R. Ball III is an assistant professor in the department of performance studies at Texas A&M University.
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: "Big Heart, Tiny Legs I Guess"
A Dramaturgy of International Institutions
Performing in a Theater of States
2. "Purpose is but the Slave to Memory"
Narrative and History in the Security Council
Hamlet in the Security Council
The Security Council in Stuff Happens
3. "To Be Seen is to Be Doomed"
The Force of Spectatorship in UN Peacekeeping
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon and In a Kingdom by the Sea
The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ruined
Spectatorship and Global Governmentality
4. "The World of the Rulers is the World of the Spectacle"
Time and Reiteration in Diplomatic Speech
An Unfolding Present: Fun Home on Broadway
Insurrectionary Speech
Cyclical Time: Obama's Disarmament Summit
5. "To Receive an Impression is to Make an Impression"
Clapping Along with the Secretary-General
International Happiness Day
New Year's Concert of the 67th Session of the General Assembly
6. "Between One Person and Another"
Interfacing with Institutions at the International Criminal Court
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Crossing Lines v. The International Criminal Court
7. "No More Than a Piece of Paper"
The Written Word in a Theater of States
Transcript
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Model
8. Epilogue: "On Notice" and "Taking Names"
Bibliography
Notes
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.12.2019 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 8 black & white images |
| Verlagsort | Evanston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 462 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8101-4112-4 / 0810141124 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8101-4112-4 / 9780810141124 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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